Can I rent my house on Airbnb in Orion Township?

Only within a tight new regime. In June 2025 the township adopted Ordinance No. 164, Rental Housing Certification & Regulations, which registers all rentals and squarely targets short-term rentals, called owner-shared or corporate vacation rental units, defined as dwellings rented for periods of typically 30 days or less (Ord. 164 Section 3).

The caps are the headline (Ord. 164 Section 20):

• No more than 2 percent of the township's single-family dwellings may operate as vacation rentals: 237 units at adoption, out of about 11,843 homes.
• The same 2 percent cap applies separately per district group: about 205 units in the R-1/R-2/R-3/PUD/consent-judgment group and 32 in the SF/SE/SR group.
• Lakefront homes have per-lake caps, 2 percent of the homes on each named lake rounded up: 38 eligible units across all 21 named lakes, with Lake Orion (390 lakeshore homes) capped at 8.

Existing operators had a 60 day window to register as legal non-conforming uses after the ordinance took effect (Ord. 164 Section 20.B). New operators need registration, inspection, and a certificate, and applications stop once a cap is reached.

Separately, a bed and breakfast, owner-occupied with up to 4 guest rooms, remains a special land use in the residential districts (Section 6.02.K). Check current cap availability with the township at 248-391-0304 before listing.